There is no worse tragedy than one transformed into profanity. The profanity is compounded when it is not recognized as such by the mass of people.
This is precisely what has happened to the atrocities of Sept. 11, 2001 at the hands (clasped tightly in prayer) of U.S. President George W. Bush: He has taken an act of horrific violence and profaned it for temporary political advantage.
The sixth anniversary of the attacks on American soil by 19 fanatic extremists in four hijacked planes comes in two days' time. Although the headline of "3,000 Americans dead" still screams from the U.S. media, hundreds of those victims were not Americans. Does claiming those noncitizens as your own augment the nation's injury?
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